"Poor old Peter. In verse 30, he calls Jesus, the Messiah. Three short verses later, Jesus is calling Peter, 'Satan.'"
Year B, Season of Pentecost
Proper 19, Ordinary Time 24
Sunday Between September 11 and September 17 Inclusive
15th Sunday After Pentecost 2009
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For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this is an ideal passage for pondering the transition from summer to fall. The season of rest and recreation, of planting and tending is giving way to season of harvesting. Within each year, and within each lifetime, comes those moments when all that is past becomes the prologue for what is to come. (To paraphrase Wm. Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 1.)
The questions that arise in this passage are:
- What have we learned thus far from our travels with Jesus?
- Who is Jesus - really?
- What has all this prepared us for?
- And just what is it that lies ahead?
- What will be required us to actually produce the fruit from all this preparation?
- Are we ready for what lies ahead?
